#24 Butler Bulldogs (7-0) at Ole Miss (5-2) - 12/3

I’d be happy if the Dawgs go 4-2 over the next six games heading into the BE at 11-2. What do you all think?

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I was just talking to my brother today and we were agreeing that we would be very very happy with 10-3 going into conference play,
Either way we have out ourselves in a great position
Now to time to take advantage of it

The City Lights TV website looks like it was made in 1998. But hey, that's OK, maybe it's just a bold artistic design statement. But also, I couldn't find a single detail on there about.... anything, really. Except how to send them (who?) money. That might be an artistic statement too, of a sort.

Have no fear though... the badge below features prominently on their home page. And face it: not just anyone can display this 100% Quality Assurance badge on their website. You have to pass a vigorous inspection protocol by... um... well, the 100% Quality Assurance people. Yeah. Those guys. The one's who made the badge.

You still have to have internet, 200mbps speed. A lot of the channels are other countries, but still to get every Butler game now without having to go some where or stream from God knows where is nice. There's is and downs like any streaming service. But so far worth not paying over 200 for comcast crap

Yeah i didn’t want to stress that point too much because I wrote a bunch about staying poised away from home before the HoF Classic haha. But that’s where I was going with setting the pace in theory. Need to play Butler basketball even on the road.

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This is my biggest concern. This Butler team also hasn't taken a punch to the mouth right out of the opening tipoff yet - they've been delivering it, and I think that's made all the difference. Need to get some stops and see the ball go through the hoop in the opening 4 minutes. If that doesn't happen, I'm nervous.

I'm dumb and scheduled an appointment so I'll miss the first half. Somebody please post some negative comments about the refs for me, thanks.

Yep, I was surprised when I got my cable package that the SEC Network was included in a relatively modest package. Feel like it's always good for some off-the-radar basketball games when most of the SEC is consumed by football.

There's Butler Basketball tonight . It feels like it's been so long...

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Kind of refreshing isn't it. It pulls on me but I'm looking forward to seeing Butler in a true road environment tonight to see just where we really are. Home games and neutral games are one thing, a true road game is a real test of the poise of the squad.

I was actually thinking about scrolling scores the other day...they are all but pointless in the instant app world we live in. Who actually uses the scrolling scores to stay up to speed on the results of games these days? No one under the age of 35 I am sure.

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That's not the point. It's the fact that they will subliminally see a Butler logo floating across the bottom of their screen while watching tv. It's a pure marketing benefit for us. I agree that they should just remove them from the telecast, but the point is it's just advertising for the top 25 teams.

Hate to admit it, but I'm very nervous about this one. I know Ole Miss had a really bad showing their last game out, but road games are always tough. I think it would say a lot about this team if they pull out the win here!

Ole Miss is much better than their showing on Friday, but again they are very young and can be mentally ruffled and that's exactly what happened Friday. They literally saw a lid on the basket and were afraid to attack it. So any effort to do so was very timid.

I'd say they are more what you saw against Memphis and Penn St vs that game Friday. But they depend on the 3 ball, a lot. If it's hitting at all they become much aggressive both offensively and with their 1-3-1 3/4 court press.

We will see the press some for sure. Kermit loves it. He'll throw it out there whenever there is a little offensive momentum and it gets the frenzy going in the arena with the fans. So our guards have to be ready for that and one of the bigs will have to flash out in the open part of the press.

Lucas was asked if he would consider transferring. ”I don't know what my options are. To the fans, they really don't care about us, honestly. They really don't care about us. If we win, they care. If we lose, they hate us and bash us," Lucas continued.“

“As far as the assistants on the staff, "they say they don't know," said Tuitt. "I've been here four years and this is going to be our third coach come in. You think it's going to be bad now. If this new coach ain't about family, then you're going to lose a lot of players. That's just point blank. You better realize, there's no program without no players. You're basing this stuff off the fans, but we don't care about the fans that much. I'm going to be honest with you. We're all here for the coach. We love football. If you don't want to support us, that's just your fault.“